Carrying bag and handle therefor



Nov. 13, 1928. 1,691,741

G.C. SNYDER CARRYING BAG AND HANDLE THEREFOR Filed May 9, 1924 INVENTOR.dea ge C. Jn/ yder /""A TTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 13, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,691,741 PATENT OFFICE. 1

GEORGE C. SNYDER, 0]? LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KAELMAMANIT- FAGTURING COMPANY, INC, 013 NEW YORK, Y., A CORPORATION OF NEVTYORK.

GARBYINQ BAG AND HANDLE cmnneroaa Application filed May 9,

This invention relates more particularly to large carrying bags of,paper and which are provided with handles, so that a large number ofparcels and packages may be carried in the bag when one is shopping,although the material of the bag may be any other suitable flexiblematerial than paper. The bag body itself may be constructed in anysuitable way, so as to provide seams at the edges of the bag, the bagbody being preferably constructed according to the expired patent to A.C. Campbell, #227,117, dated May 4th, 1880. The bottom of the Campbellbag is specially adapted for the large marketing bag of the presentinvention.

One of the specific objects of the present invention is to providehandles which may be quickly applied to the edges of the mouth of thebag, each handle having a hand-hole beyond the mouth of the bag, and theadjacent portions of the handle being constructed so as to straddle oneedge of the bag to which the said portions are gummed or otherwisesecured.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the sameconsists of certain novel features to be hereinafter described and thenclaimed with reference to the accompanying drawings, illustrating apreferred embodiment of the invention, and in which- Fig. 1 is aperspective view of the improved carrying bag which has been squared outand opened so as to receive packages, etc.;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the parts shown in Fig. 1,the bag body being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating one way of gumming theattaching portions ofa handle, constructed according to the presentinvention;

Fig. 41 is a perspective view showing how the gummed handle may becaused to adhere to the bag.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2. the bag body 10 may be of any suitableflexible material and so made that it may be, if desired, opened outinto square form at the bottom, and provided with edge seams 11, 12,while the bag body may be made either with or without creases 13extending vertically at each side of the seams. Bag bodies with edgescams, instead of sea-ms extending along the main walls, will leave thesaid walls smooth and even, so that they may readily be printed upon.

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The type of handles which is preferably used is that inwhich the handlesextend beyond the bag and have hand-holesin the extensions. Thepreferred handle l l-employed is composed of two flat sheets or pieces15, 16, the piece 15 being preferably of heavy and still paper material1 such as chip hoard, while the piece 16 is preferably of thin kraftpaper, which, while thin, possesses considerable strength. These flatpieces lfi, 16 are secured together at their upper portions and areprovided with lower portions 17 18, which are caused to straddleone edgeof the mouth of the bag, said portions 17, 18 being gummed or otherwisefirmly secured to the bag, one handle being at each of the main walls ofthe bag, so that there will be two handles, one opposite the other.Beyond the attaching portions 17, 18, each handle has a suitably shapedhand-hole 19.

Referring to Fig. 3, there is disclosed one way of applying gum or pasteto each handle,

and to do this, a paste or gum brush may be taken in one hand, theflexible portion 18 of the sheet 16 turned back by the other hand, andpaste or gum may then be spread on to the exposed inner surfaces of theportions 17, 18. Paste or gum having been applied to the handle 14, theportions 17, 18 are caused to straddle one edge of the mouth of the bag,as shown in Fig. 4, the stiff member 15 of the handle being placed atthe inside of the bag, so that the portion 17 thereof may be gummed tothe inner surface of the bag and the flexible thin portion 18 to theouter surface when the handle is held by one hand and the fingers of theother hand used to press along the parts to be secured together. Insimilar way, another handle 14 is applied to the other side of the mouthof the bag, so that both handles will have their stiff attachingportions at the inside of the bag and the thin flexible portions at theoutside of the bag. If desired. the position of attaching portions 17 18may be reversed.

The bag and particularly the handles therefor which have herein beendescribed are susceptible of being manufactured very economically bywhat may be called a continuous process, if desired, resulting in asaving of both material and labor, while at the same time providing astructure of relatively high mechanical strength and embodying numerousadvantageous features which have been pointed out.

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It is obvious that-my invention issusceptible-to more or lessmodification and that the inventionis not restricted except as definedin the appendedolaims.

What Iolaimasnew is,

1. In a carrying bag, a bagbody, and opposite handles having hand-holes,each handle comprising sheet members of separate material securedtogether beyond the mouth of the bag and having separated bag-attachingportions straddling the bag material and secured thereto, the hand-holesbeing located between the outer edges of the handles and the edge 1 of'the mouth of the bag.

outside the bag and secured together beyond the mouth of the "bag andhaving separated bag-attaching portions straddling the bag materialand'secured-thereto.

hand-hole, which portion projects beyond the bag, and saidpieces havingseparated bagattaching portions gummed to opposite surfaces 'of the bagmaterial. 7

4. A handle for a bag, consisting of two members; one being of paperboard and the other of relatively flexible thinner material, thesaidmembers being gummed together substantially throughout at correspondingportions and there having a hand-hole, and the other correspondingportions of the said members :tree from each other, whereby-said otherportions form'bag-attaching portions adapted to be gummed tooppositesurfaces of the bag material.

GEORGE C. SNYDER.

